Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 259 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (VAN BUREN)·NCES 051257001013
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
334 SOUTHSIDE ROAD, BEE BRANCH, AR 72013 · (501) 654-2200 · Van Buren County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
266 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (34).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
36.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
49.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 40.4% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 269 | 98.9% | 40.5% |
| CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWARK | 263 | 98.9% | 38.3% |
| IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIOLET HILL | 286 | 99.0% | 30.4% |
| MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARSHALL | 284 | 98.9% | 44.6% |
| OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 270 | 100.0% | 35.5% |
| MIDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLORAL | 291 | 100.0% | 27.5% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #175 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #130 of 465 ▲ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #222 of 465 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #432 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #56 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.7% | #399 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #121 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #247 of 311 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
269
-22 (-8%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 228
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 269 | 19.6 | 13.7:1 | 99% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 18 | 13.0:1 | 61% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 20.1 | 14.4:1 | 27% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 19 | 15.3:1 | 75% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 21.2 | 13.6:1 | 67% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 20 | 13.6:1 | 100% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 58% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 284 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 48% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 228 | 16 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in BEE BRANCH, Arkansas. Its enrollment is 269 students, spread over pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average enrollment is about 418.
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren). The district has 2 schools and 518 students.
Of every 100 students at SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 90 are White. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial and 3% Black. Census estimates put Van Buren County at about 93% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
With 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas is 16.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 99% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 97% average for public schools in Van Buren County.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 17.4 points (40.5% versus 23.1%), a top-10% result in Arkansas on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Van Buren County, median household income comes to about $50,354, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 7 public schools and about 2,057 students.
Measured in a straight line, SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 35.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 291 (2020-21) to 269 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.3:1 to 13.7:1.
The discussion board for SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Van Buren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,998
Census ACS
Median income
$50,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,057 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren)
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 249 students
Other South Side Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named South Side Elementary. SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 10th largest of the 12.
- South Side Elementary SchoolHarrisburg, PA · 603 students
- South Side ElementaryJohnson City, TN · 419 students
- South Side Elementary SchoolHookstown, PA · 390 students
- South Side ElementaryShelbyville, TN · 352 students
- South Side Elementary SchoolWEST POINT, MS · 337 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 249
- GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.1 mi · 247
- GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL8.1 mi · 155
- QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL9.9 mi · 308
- QUITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.0 mi · 432
- QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL10.0 mi · 210
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-06.
Is SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren).
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